Sorry.

Never mind the 'sorry', I missed it then and I'm really happy you posted it now.

Play nethack.

SAP was founded by former IBM employees who weren't allowed to do the project inside of IBM.

> I don't want to play sysadmin in my spare time collaborate with someone who does.

That's what is wrong with MS: they lack vision. They need to focus on a compelling vision. All else comes from that.

Italy is strong in fashion and has a big market for motorcycles and mobile phones. That's it.

Drumsticks is a way forward from the usual stuff like mugs, t-shirts and so on.

This is the sentence in which I try to steer the thread back to he original topic. This sentence is my backup in which I blather unrelated, anecdotal stuff from my workplace, because it just popped into my head and I have the slight feel that my first sentence won't meet his purpose.

This is a comment nobody actually really sees, because they skipped down the page when they saw the conversation indent this far over.

You know that saying "everyone knows everybody over 6 other people", maybe something about that. Or: who of your friend's friend's friend's has the same hobby / whatever.

The irony is: nothing will put more cash in MS pockest than forcing those corporate lame-ducks to finally upgrade.

Isn't upgrading IE free? Or is it really old versions of Windows they run, that can't be upgraded? Which ones would that be?